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IPA Group Company alfaQuest selected for 25 FasTRAK CTP Units
IPA Group company alfaQuest based in Rolling Meadows IL, USA have been
selected by Stephens Media Group to supply 25 FasTRAK Violet CTP imaging
system and CTP Workflow solutions for their daily newspapers and commercial
print facility. Stephens Media Group, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada,
has thirteen daily newspapers operating throughout eight states.
Terry Duck, Director of Operations, Las Vegas Review-Journal, stated,
"Stephens Media selected alfaQuest for two main reasons - first - the
diversity of their FasTRAK Violet CTP product line allowed us to configure
the best CTP solution for the production requirements of our individual
newspapers, and - second - is our satisfaction over the past ten years
with the quality and performance of alfaQuest's film imagers, RIPs,
workflow software and support capabilities."
Another contributing factor in alfaQuest's selection was the results
of press tests, which proved FasTRAK violet CTP plate quality off press
was unsurpassed by any competing CTP technology. This provides Stephens
Media the best price/performance capital investment coupled with assurance
of the highest quality for their print products throughout the life
of the investment.
Stephens Media's FasTRAK Violet CTP configurations range in size from
the largest, consisting of three FasTRAK Violet 180 plate per hour units
and three TRAKmate 2 autoloaders, scheduled for Stephens Media's flagship
Las Vegas Review-Journal, through locations with two FasTRAK Violet
150 plate per hour units and TRAKmate 2 autoloaders, to locations with
one or two FasTRAK Violet 150 units operating in a semi-automatic manual
plate feed mode.
Stephens Media Group Newspapers will integrate alfaQuest CTP workflow
systems to deliver plate-ready pages to their CTP units. Las Vegas Review-Journal
will utilize SUN base PrintExpress/CPM (Consolidated Production Management)
System developed by IPA Systems Limited (UK).
Stephens Media joins other Corporate Newspaper Groups such as Gannett
Inc., Freedom Newspapers, Journal Register Company, Shearman Newspapers,
CNHI and numerous privately held newspapers in their choice of FasTRAK
Violet CTP.
Announced at NEXPO 2005, the new Ultra Series Panther FasTRAK Violet
CTP continues alfaQuest's successful tradition of providing the highest
quality, and best price versus performance imaging systems for Newspaper
Publishers.
Since announcement, alfaQuest has received orders for 50+ FasTRAK CTP
units in the U.S. newspaper sector alone, with world wide orders, both
direct and through IPA Systems Limited in excess of 150 units.
FasTRAK Violet CTP utilises a field-proven opti-mechanical system for
alignment and positioning, ensuring repeatability of plus/minus 0.001
inches, for highest quality colour registration. The straight through
flatbed design incorporates a new plate transport system, which has
proven to be both very reliable and simple to maintain.
FasTRAK Violet CTP can image single or double-truck newspaper pages
at 1016, 1200, 1270, 1524, 1800,2400 or 2540 DPI. Rated at either 150
or 180 broadsheet plates per hour (at 1016 DPI), FasTRAK Violet CTP
allows manual feed for small to medium sized operations or connects
to the 1,000 plate-capacity TRAKmate 2 autoloader.
For
more information please contact: sales@ipasystems.co.uk
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